The workes of our antient and lerned English poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed : in this impression you shall find these additions: 1 His portraiture and progenie shewed : 2 His life collected : 3 Arguments to euery booke gathered : 4 Old and obscure words explaned : 5 Authors by him cited, declared : 6 Difficulties opened : 7 Two bookes of his neuer before printed.
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| Uniform Title: | Works. 1598 |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , |
| Language: | English, Middle (1100-1500) |
| Language of the Original: |
French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
Latin |
| Published: |
Londini :
Impensis Geor. Bishop,
anno 1598.
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| Ownership and Custodial History: |
Marginal notes (in a nineteenth-century hand?) on leaves B3r and K6r; impression (of scissors or another metal object?) between leaves 2M7v and 2M8r. |
| Local Note: |
MSU: Conservation of this book made possible by Office of the Provost, Michigan State University, in memory of Professor Lister Matheson, Department of English, 1986-2012.
MSU: Lacking leaf [a]1 (blank), title page (leaf a2; replaced in facsimile), leaf A1, and leaf 4B8 (blank); a printed copy of leaf A1r from the Huntington copy is available in MSS 466, Box 4, Folder 232.
MSU: Folio 83 numbered correctly; folio 194 misnumbered as 164. |
| Binding Information: |
In contemporary or near-contemporary full calf, rebacked in modern calf; five raised bands on spine; boards tooled and stamped in gilt (much worn away); center of each board bears an ornamental stamp in gilt, flanked by initials "SH". |
| Physical Description: | 28 unnumbered pages, 394 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, portrait (engraved) ; 33 cm (folio in sixes) |
| Variant Title: |
Workes of our antient and lerned English poet, Geffrey Chavcer, newly printed |
| Format: | Book |
MSU Special Collections - Rare Books
| Call Number: |
XX folio PR1850 1598
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| XX folio PR1850 1598 | Library Use Only Get this |